三十岁生日那天/On my 30th birthday

January 19th, 2010

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这段时间由于正紧锣密鼓滴准备搬回国,这博客也处于半退休状态了,不是我懒是真的顾不上啦。目前真正进入倒计时阶段了,东西基本上处理的差不多了,该卖滴卖改扔的扔。这东西处理的就连我这个平时不是很节省的人都忍不住要感慨:“罪过啊罪过。”呵呵。说是这麽说啊,处理完东西过后看到家里由原来的满满当当到处都是杂物到现在的空空如野,心里真是轻松极了。都活到三十岁了我才悟出一条真理---质量远远重过数量(说再具体点儿吧,就是宁可半年不买衣服,攒足了劲头买好滴有质量的,也不要是不是特别喜欢的只要便宜的就往家搬哈,这样浪费空间浪费金钱的事儿还真的是不划算)。

好了,言归正传哈,都说三十而立,没想到我这刚到三十就面临着跨过搬家这麽大滴考验啊,这麽说真没夸张,从小到大被父母娇生惯养,没结婚前连顿整饭也做不出来,我爸到现在也没吃过我做的饭,一直不相信我会做。呵呵。惭愧啊惭愧。做饭到也不是啥大事,说到收拾整理把家里弄得跟狗添的似的可是俺滴弱项。虽然在外面呆了这麽多年啦,但如今最最让我头疼的还是Packing(装箱)。这回倒好,让这搬家闹的我天天在家撅着屁股打包装箱,装完了拆,拆完了再重装(不是我瞎折腾,主要是想最有效的利用有限的空间,学问大啦呵呵)。今年自己三十岁的生日居然忙得差点没忘了,还是当天早上收到一封一个老友的邮件祝我生日快乐我才恍然大悟,由于提前没想起来所以那天还安排了好几件事都需要我去办,Sime提议让我办完事儿自己到市中心好好逛逛(他在家看孩子),想买点啥就买点啥,然后晚上回家我们三口再到我俩都钟爱的一家泰国餐馆去吃饭。其实这样的计划要是在以前我肯定要批评他没创意,但是有孩子后能自己一个人无悠无滤的逛逛街买买东西,对我来说真算是最贴心的礼物了。方案一出,俺那可是跟鞋底抹油似滴溜啦,一直到下午五点半才回家和那一大一小会师准备出去吃晚饭。这一天虽说没做啥特殊的事儿,但对于我来说真的是过了一个开心充实的三十大寿哈。呵呵。过生日嘛礼物是一定要有滴,尤其又是大寿,某人更要好好表表诚意啦哈(今年生日收了一份大礼,至于啥礼嘛,请听下回分解哈,嘿嘿)。今儿先看看生日当天俺给自己和小克买的两双靓鞋哈。

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还是TOPSHOP, 这双和之前购的那双黑短靴有点像,比那双更庸懒,就喜欢这种做旧的油皮出来的效果。那天走进topshop很多衣服啊鞋啊都在狂打折,好死不死偏偏我相中的这双一份钱也不打,NND, 没办法谁让咱喜欢呢,买吧(心里一直在暗暗的猛自我安慰说:“这种样子很百搭,能穿很久”呵呵),价格是70镑要说论款式和质量来说也算还可以,主要不平衡在,鞋架上80%的鞋都在打折。。。没天理啊。。。。

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背影儿是不是很酷。:)

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这双是小克的雨靴/棉靴。英国今年冬天天气一直不好,下了好几场大雪,路上的雪厚到不穿双防水的鞋子不行的地步了,于是俺就从H&M淘到了这双既防水又保暖的小靴子。个人很喜欢这个图案以及颜色的配比。

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我的大爱泰国Tom Yum(东荫)汤。太好喝了。。。酸酸的辣辣的既开胃又过瘾。

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我和Sime两人都喜欢海鲜,尤其是这家餐厅做的姜汁蟹,每次到他家必点的,去年生日也点了,今年发现原来他家还有龙虾,那肯定是不能错过啦,这不一虾一蟹颜色看着挺红火哈。特别好吃,走之前打算百忙中抽时间再去一次。呵呵

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小克特别喜欢吃他家免费送的泰国虾片,其实挺辣的,也不知小人儿咋就这麽爱吃。由于餐厅里的服务生都很喜欢小人儿,每次去本来是每桌只给一小筐的虾片,小克到了随便吃。呵呵

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餐厅里光线很暗,所以这次拍的所有片子效果都一般。大家凑合看个大概齐吧,总比没有强哈。

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本来是打车去的,结果从餐馆出来发现门口就有直接到家的车,决定做公车回家。Sime给我俩拍的合影。看看小妞儿的靴子是不是挺好看的(连餐馆里的男服务生都注意到小克的鞋子还一个劲儿的说:“pretty shoes (漂亮的鞋子)”。呵呵

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最后来一张晚上回家后给小人儿拍的一张近照,现在小妞儿知道照相要冲着镜头摆姿势啦,就是这副样子,哈哈。对了再看看我们滴小手,现在每次照相都要做胜利手势,虽然小胖手儿还有点不分遛,但意思到了哈。

Chitchat/杂谈

January 6th, 2010

Posted in Baby Chloe/小克宝贝 by admin |

Haven’t got around to updating my blog for quite some time now. We have been extremely busy with all sorts of things that need to be taken care of before we go.  I’ve gathered some pictures from here and there to put together this entry.

好多天都没更新了。回国之前有太多的事情要处理了。找了些琐碎的照片都是平时拍的,由于比较碎凑不成情节的一直都没发过的。

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I’ve only been to town once after Christmas. I went to get Chloe some good quality tights to take with us to China. I found these trendy snow washed jeans for Chloe. They are so in this season. I was so thrilled to find them in kid’s version.

圣诞后我市中心就去了一次(太不复合俺的作风了,连大减价都顾不上了,泪奔啊,唉。。。)。就这次去还是有目的的,是去给小克买些质量好的连裤袜带回国穿(我很怕质量差的连裤袜,就是那种还没穿两回就起球儿那种,我碰到就直接扔垃圾箱,起球就说明不是纯棉滴,孩子贴身穿也不会舒服。)再说这次进城的战果哈,发现了这条时下非常流行的黑灰色雪花铅笔裤,把我激动的就别提啦,主要是没想到还有儿童版滴,老酷啦。于是当场拿下。

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Check out the zips on the sides. How cool is that. hehe

裤脚还有铜拉链,老时髦啦。呵呵

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Two shots from the front.

正面儿来两张。

The following pictures are what I bought that day.

还在同一家给她购了两条颜色非常正的做旧牛仔铅笔裤(下面秀秀当天所有战果照片哈,慢慢看),最上面的个是小克的毛衣,做旧原色铅笔牛仔裤,裤袜。再下面那条背心裙是我的,很喜欢它简洁的设计和低调的颜色,上半身是一种很薄的羊毛面料,裙子部分是丝绸的,很有创意的面料上的结合。最后两件上衣是Sime的。

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This was taken on Boxing day when Sime’s brother’s family came to visit us. Don’t we look like a big happy family hehe.:P

这张是圣诞后Sime弟弟一家来访时拍的(他们相机拍滴刚发给我)。看看俺们四个是不是看着还挺像个和美的大家庭滴(竟想美事儿)。哈哈

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Check these out. Ladies and Gentleman, now I proudly present to you our world 150kg champion—Chloe.  Take look at her expression in the second photo. That smile is full of joy and pride. yay. haha

快来看快来瞧啊,女士们先生们,现在呈现在大家眼前的是150公斤世界举重冠军——Chloe. 看她在上面第二张照片中的表情充满了胜利后的骄傲和喜悦哈哈。

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She was having a rest after the event. haha

小人儿“赛”后躺下休息一下哈(看看多会疼自己啊,还先给自己在地上铺好了毛毯和好几个大垫子,太会享受啦,呵呵)

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Finally, these are the cartons we packed to ship to China. They were picked up by the courier yesterday. YAY.  Packing really requires some serious skill which we are definitely lacking.

最后给大家看看俺们打包的四个大纸箱子海运回国滴哈,经过了将近一个月的反复折腾昨天终于装完让快递公司取走了(这装箱真还是个技术工种哈,的动脑子怎麽能灵活有效的利用有限空间,通过这次装箱我就看出来就俺们俩来比哈,我还是比他有潜力滴哈哈),欢呼。。。

A White Christmas/一个白色圣诞

December 28th, 2009

Posted in Baby Chloe/小克宝贝 by admin |

There was a change of plans on this Christmas’ schedule. We planned on going to my parents in laws’ for Christmas this year. Unfortunately my mother in law got really sick on Christmas eve so we had to cancel the trip in order that she will get some rest and recover. Instead we spent this Christmas at home, just the three of us. I couldn’t believe it, it actually snowed on Christmas eve. It was a beautiful white Christmas which is kinda rare. We had Sime’s brother’s family visit us on boxing day. They brought a lot of nice food from my parents in law, as well as the presents for Chloe from them. Let’s get on with the pictures now.

计划赶不上变化,本来打算去婆婆家过圣诞的,结果平安夜那天早上接到电话说婆婆感冒了,而且严重的都起不来床了,由于“主办单位”方面发生了变故,所以俺们临时决定取消行程,好让老人好好休息调养一下,省得人多又乱,孩子大人在加上两条大狗,肯定是不利于病人休息的(由于临时改变,所以家里也没个过节的样子,还要平安夜那天出去买吃的东西,总之这个圣诞节过得比较狼狈,不过孩子拆礼物倒是蛮开心滴,当小孩儿真好,啥烦恼都没有,成天就知道傻吃傻喝傻玩儿,这才是人生最高境界哈,呵呵)。我简直不敢相信平安夜那天居然又下雪啦,这种白色梦幻圣诞还真不怎麽常见呢。Sime的弟弟弟媳Boxing day(圣诞节后的第二天)来我家做客,并从婆婆那捎来了很多好吃的,还有给小克的礼物。:)来看照片吧。

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Here it begins… all the goodies. hehe

开始拆啦。。。好多好东东啊。呵呵

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Since we are moving to China pretty soon we decided to ask everybody in the family to get small and lightweight things for Chloe. Sylvanian Families are a great option for children her age. They are deadly cute, very lightweight and you can build a collection of them. I am personally in love with these little figures and their accessories. These ones in the box are bear grandparents.

由于俺们马上就要搬回国了,所以今年圣诞礼物的核心宗旨就是体积小,分量轻滴。森林之家是这个年龄段孩子的最爱。又可爱又轻巧。而且还可以收集不同的东西来组成不同的场景。我本人那已经是绝对的上瘾了,没事儿就在人家官网上看又有没有出新东西(这个森林之家淘宝上也有卖的,但大多数都是山寨版的,那价钱一看就知道不是真的,而且做工很粗糙)。小克现在打开的这个盒儿里是熊爷爷和奶奶。对了他们的官网是http://www.sylvanianfamilies.com 有兴趣的可以看看,好像是可以寄国际的。

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I love this little hedgehog baby boy. He came with two hair brush so you could comb his big hair for him. Normally the figures only come with the basic clothes. I bought this yellow school bag and the pink shoes separately  from the Japanese sylvanian families range.

这刺猬宝宝是我的最爱。他还有自己的梳子,可以用来梳理那一头乱发。呵呵。有可能是由于太小的缘故吧,森林之家所有的动物宝宝买来时穿的衣服都是很简单的(好像右边这个狐狸宝宝一样的,身上没啥配件呵呵)它背的书包和穿的鞋子都是我从日本森林之家系列里单独给他配滴(日本森林之家很多小配件做得很精致),是不是好可爱。

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Still unwrapping…

接着拆。。。(这份是Katey阿姨的礼物)

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Here he is, our little king. He is just too cute. I can’t stop laughing every time I see him. There is just something about him that makes people smile.

小喜神来啦。实在是太可爱啦。每次看到他我都忍不住要笑半天。

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Nursery lunch time. hehe

小饭桌时间。呵呵

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Chloe got some marbles from one of the Christmas crackers.

小克在一个圣诞猜谜游戏中找到了一些弹球儿。

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Haha…. He’s such a joyful little baby.

哈哈。。。小弟弟你也太爱笑了吧。哈哈

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Chloe was having fun with Uncle Mike playing falling down the hole. Kids love this game.

小克正在和迈克叔叔玩儿掉到洞里面的游戏(就是小克坐在迈克大腿上,迈克要不听的颠坡大腿,然后趁小克没有防备突然分开两膝让她从两个膝盖之间漏下去)。小妞儿很喜欢这个游戏,笑得嘎嘎滴。

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Hina still felt a bit shy when I asked her to let me take a photo of her.  hehe

每次我给Hina拍照时她都很不好意思很腼腆。呵呵

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Hina enjoyed so much playing with all the girly toys of Chloes’.  At their age now, they can actually play together. Once again I really wish to have two girls. hehe

小克的极其女生化的过家家的玩具刚好也合Hina的胃口。Hina和小克现在这年龄正好能玩儿到一起。还要忍不住感叹有两个女孩真好啊。呵呵

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Hey people here I come again. hehe

嘿,我又来啦。。。呵呵

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It’s so hard to get everyone to look at the camera. hehe

要想每个人都看镜头还真是不容易哈。呵呵

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Now it’s show time. These are all the sylvanian families collections Chloe got for this Christmas. Nanny got her all the figures and Aunt and Uncle got her the nursery bus which comes with the picnic set and the trampoline. We bought the fridge and the cot.

现在来晒晒小克今年圣诞节收到的所有森林之家系列的礼物哈。所有的动物小人儿和衣服配件(包括帽子书包鞋子啥的)都是奶奶给买的,黄色的幼儿园公车是叔叔和婶婶给买滴,公车套装里还附带了野餐用具和蹦蹦床。冰箱和婴儿床是我们买的。

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小兔宝宝睡觉啦,嘴里还叼一奶瓶自己喝。她小床侧面的栏杆儿和下面的小抽屉都是可以打开的,够逼真吧。

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看看这野餐桌儿,做的够细吧。

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Nanny bought this book for both Hina and Chloe. It’s a great book which contains almost all the nursery rhymes. I love it and will take it with us to China.

这是奶奶给买的儿歌大全几乎包括了所有耳熟能详的英文童谣儿歌,对我这个儿歌盲来说,真的是太有用了。:)

Little girly caught a cold/小妞儿感冒了

December 23rd, 2009

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今天的开场白还是忍不住要抱怨最近忙疯了,大事小事一大堆,最近两天小妮子又病了,感冒了,英国上周连着下了两场雪,下雪后的天气就冷得要命,小妞儿和他爸出去买了趟东西回来就给冻感冒了,唉。。。后天就是圣诞节了,这边家家户户早就把节日气氛渲染得很浓了,刚才在厨房做饭,Sime说外面又下雪了,虽然明天还要长途跋涉去婆婆家过圣诞,雪后出行不是很方便,但是还是暗暗感慨,白雪妖娆的圣诞节才有个圣诞的样子嘛,要不然总觉得差点啥哈(没雪的话,圣诞老爷爷的麋鹿还拉个屁雪橇啊是吧,直接做公共汽车来不得啦,呵呵)。好了,今天上几张小妞儿卧沙发楚楚可怜生病中的照片吧(别人都是卧床,她是卧沙发,就爱躺沙发上看巧虎,呵呵)

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小人儿每次生病小脸蛋儿都格外的红扑扑滴,粉可爱,连平时不太注意细节的Sime都说看她样子好楚楚可怜,叫我赶紧捏两张。呵呵

看到衣服领子上的脏了吗?是喝中药时小胳膊儿想和大腿拧时给我吐出来滴,唉。。。

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生病了,眼神有点发凝。

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趁她看巧虎给她涅了两张近的,照得不好,人有些变形,看个清楚吧哈。

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看看这一老一小沙发上一靠,一个看电碟,一个沉思,都悠宰悠宰滴,就我是老黄牛到点儿还得去做饭,这都是两条腿儿的人,待遇咋那大差距涅。呵呵

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最后这张是两个星期前有一天我靠沙发上正上网呢,小人儿突然跑过来把头放在我的肩膀上说:“Mummy, hug me(妈妈,给我一个拥抱).” 俺那份受宠若惊啊就别提啦,赶紧搂过来狠粑粑儿滴啃了一口,还赶紧叫Sime给俺和闺女捏了这张以作留念,呵呵。

最后预祝大家,新年快乐!吃好玩好,注意天气变化别感冒。:)